Scary New Anti-Rape Law Will Make You Say WTF?

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Well, if this news doesn't make you angry, we're not sure what will. A new law passed in Swaziland, a small country in southern Africa, outlaws women from wearing miniskirts, low-rise jeans, and midriff-baring tops because these revealing clothing items allegedly promote rape. (Right. Because, obviously, rape has nothing to do with the actual rapists.)

According to police spokeswoman (yes, woman) Wendy Hleta, men and women "have a tendency of undressing people with their eyes," thus, if women who wear the aforementioned clothing are arrested, this deterrent will keep them from being the victims of violent sexual crimes. She added that women who wear revealing clothing are responsible for any crimes committed against them—which is a pretty terrifying way of looking at rape, if you ask us.

The new law comes on the heels
of reports that police in India are encouraging women to fend off rapists by throwing chili powder at them. How is it that, in nearly 2013, preventing rape is still up to women, while educating men about rape—and making harsher punishments for rapists—isn't the go-to plan for solving the global sex crime issue? Seriously, WTF, world?